CVE-2026-73270

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73270
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-73270.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-73270
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2026-09-01T14:48:53Z
Modified
2026-09-09T03:31:03Z
Severity
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
httpd mod_auth directory protection bypassed by request path casing on case-insensitive filesystems
Details

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Erlang/OTP inets httpd allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to read files inside a mod_auth protected directory by requesting them with different casing, on deployments whose filesystem is case-insensitive.

mod_auth:secret_path/3 decides whether a resolved filesystem path lies inside a protected directory block by running the configured directory path through re:run/3 without the caseless option. A request for /secret/file against a directory configured as /Secret therefore does not match, so the request is treated as unprotected and no authentication challenge is issued, while the filesystem resolves the differently cased path to the same file and mod_get serves it. Deployments on case-sensitive filesystems are unaffected, because there the filesystem itself rejects the mismatched casing.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 27.3.4.17, from OTP 28.0 before OTP 28.5.0.6, and from OTP 29.0 before OTP 29.0.6, corresponding to inets from 5.10 before 9.3.2.7, from 9.4 before 9.6.2.3, and from 9.7 before 9.7.2. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to inets before 5.10, is affected is unknown.

Database specific
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    "cwe_ids":  [
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                },
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                },
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                },
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                    "fixed":  "9.7.2"
                },
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                },
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    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/erlang/otp

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/erlang/otp
Events
Database specific
Show details
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            "introduced":  "17.0"
        },
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        },
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            "introduced":  "28.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "28.5.0.6"
        },
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            "introduced":  "29.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "29.0.6"
        }
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    ]
}

Affected versions

OTP-17.*
OTP-17.0
OTP-18.*
OTP-18.0
OTP-18.0-rc1
OTP-19.*
OTP-19.0
OTP-19.0-rc1
OTP-19.0-rc2
OTP-20.*
OTP-20.0
OTP-20.0-rc1
OTP-20.0-rc2
OTP-21.*
OTP-21.0
OTP-21.0-rc1
OTP-21.0-rc2
OTP-22.*
OTP-22.0
OTP-22.0-rc1
OTP-22.0-rc2
OTP-22.0-rc3
OTP-23.*
OTP-23.0
OTP-23.0-rc1
OTP-23.0-rc2
OTP-23.0-rc3
OTP-24.*
OTP-24.0
OTP-24.0-rc1
OTP-24.0-rc2
OTP-24.0-rc3
OTP-25.*
OTP-25.0
OTP-25.0-rc1
OTP-25.0-rc2
OTP-25.0-rc3
OTP-26.*
OTP-26.0
OTP-26.0-rc1
OTP-26.0-rc2
OTP-26.0-rc3
OTP-27.*
OTP-27.0
OTP-27.0-rc1
OTP-27.0-rc2
OTP-27.0-rc3
OTP-27.1
OTP-27.2
OTP-27.3
OTP-27.3.1
OTP-27.3.2
OTP-27.3.3
OTP-27.3.4
OTP-27.3.4.1
OTP-27.3.4.10
OTP-27.3.4.11
OTP-27.3.4.12
OTP-27.3.4.13
OTP-27.3.4.14
OTP-27.3.4.15
OTP-27.3.4.16
OTP-27.3.4.2
OTP-27.3.4.3
OTP-27.3.4.4
OTP-27.3.4.5
OTP-27.3.4.6
OTP-27.3.4.7
OTP-27.3.4.8
OTP-27.3.4.9
OTP-28.*
OTP-28.0
OTP-28.1
OTP-28.4
OTP-28.5
OTP-28.5.0.1
OTP-28.5.0.2
OTP-28.5.0.3
OTP-28.5.0.4
OTP-28.5.0.5
OTP-29.*
OTP-29.0
OTP-29.0.1
OTP-29.0.2
OTP-29.0.3
OTP-29.0.4
OTP-29.0.5
Other
patch-base-27
patch-base-28

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-73270.json"